Thursday , 2 July 2026

Belgium vs Romania, European Championship 2024 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2024
Belgium
2 – 0
Full Time
Romania
Sat 22 Jun 2024 · 19:00 UTC RheinEnergieSTADION 42,535 HT 45' · FT 45'
Youri Tielemans 2' 1–0
Kevin De Bruyne 80' 2–0
Dodi Lukebakio 35' Y
Y 59' Nicusor Bancu
Y 65' Marius Mihai Marin

Overview

Match Preview

Belgium vs Romania — European Championship at RheinEnergieSTADION.

  • Belgium 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Romania 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Szymon Marciniak
  • Assistant 1 Tomasz Listkiewicz
  • Assistant 2
15 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
1
Belgium 2 games · Avg 2.5 goals Romania
Last 5 meetings
2024-06-22 Belgium 2–0 Romania 2016-11-04 Romania 3–0 Belgium

Recent Form

Belgium
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Romania H 2–0 W
17 Jun Slovakia H 0–1 L
01 Dec Croatia A 0–0 D
27 Nov Morocco H 0–2 L
23 Nov Canada H 1–0 W
02 Jul Italy H 1–2 L
Romania
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Belgium A 0–2 L
17 Jun Ukraine H 3–0 W
05 May Shaftesbury FC H 0–1 L
28 Apr SSC Napoli A 1–1 D
24 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva H 3–1 W
21 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 1–1 D

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Belgium this season
25% Clean Sheets
Romania this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Belgium
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Romania
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
1/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Romania
Razvan Marin 2 G
Denis Dragus 1 G
Nicolae Stanciu 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Belgium and Romania has kicked off!
  • 2' Youri Tielemans puts Belgium on the lead.
  • 7' Belgium looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kevin De Bruyne scoring 1 goals.
  • 12' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Florin Nita made 46 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 17' Romania started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
  • 22' Timothy Castagne has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 6 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 27' Belgium is showing some good football. However, Belgium are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Romania that had 148 games and scored 15 goals.
  • 35' The referee shows Belgium player a card on 35.
  • 40' Koen Casteels needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 45' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Belgium winning 100% of all matches.
  • 50' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 55' It’s high time Edward Iordanescu made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 56' The whistle greets Dodi Lukebakio as he departs to be replaced by Leandro Trossard.
  • 59' It’s a booking for Romania player. Nicusor Bancu gets a card.
  • 64' Belgium is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 65' It’s gonna be a card for Marius Mihai Marin.
  • 68' Another change for Romania made on 68 minute. Marius Mihai Marin leaves to be changed by Darius Olaru.
  • 72' Orel Mangala is replacing Youri Tielemans for the Belgium side.
  • 77' Zeno Debast is replacing Arthur Theate for the Belgium side.
  • 80' What a strike from Kevin De Bruyne! The score is 2-0.
  • 81' Romania manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Denis Alibec is hanging Denis Dragus on the field on 81 minute.
  • 86' It looks like no one’s ball. Belgium is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 90' The whistle greets Andrei Ratiu as he departs to be replaced by Deian Sorescu.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Belgium Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Domenico Tedesco

Romania Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Edward Iordanescu

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.24 Belgium xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.03 Romania xG
I would bet for: Belgium or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Belgium43% Draw29% Romania28%
Actual: Belgium win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.27
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 39%
61%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Belgium or Draw
72%
Draw or Romania
57%
Belgium or Romania
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Belgium28% Draw51% Romania21%
Actual: Belgium win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.1%
0 – 0
12.6%
1 – 0
11.6%
0 – 1
9.4%
2 – 1
7.9%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
5.3%
2 – 2
4.2%
3 – 1
3.3%
3 – 0
3.1%
1 – 3
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Belgium

Handicap Belgium covers Push Romania covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 12% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 22% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 18% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Belgium keeps clean sheet
36% ✗
Romania keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.